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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... a modest 11,000 to 457,000 last week. That's slightly better than the 459,000 forecast by economists polled by Thomson Reuters, but investors were disappointed because the drop was so small. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 30.72 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 from 55.4 in May. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters forecast 55.0. A reading above 50 indicates growth. When the markets settled, the Dow was up 57.14 points, or 0.6 per cent ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... month. But wait! Wasn't it only four days ago that we received news of a strong jump in US consumer confidence? The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment rose to 76 in June -- its highest level since January 2008 - ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... its highest level in eight months. Now we found the reason for last week's increase in consumer confidence. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to 76 in June from 73.6 in the previous month - the highest since January ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... per cent in February. Sales of previously occupied homes had been expected to rise 5.2 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters. Stocks have been climbing steadily over the past 13 months, and the gains in the past two months have come with very few breaks. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, jumping 18,000 to a seasonally adjusted 460,000. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast a drop. Last week, the government said that employers added 162,000 jobs in March, the most in three years. ...

CFS GAM appoints ASSET4

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... ASSET4 as an additional environment, social and governance (ESG) research provider. ASSET4, which was bought by Thomson Reuters in November last year, has developed the world's largest database of transparent, objective and auditable ESG information ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... Department's Producer Price Index fell 0.6 per cent in February, its steepest drop in seven months. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters forecast a drop of 0.2 per cent. A slide in energy prices helped push the index lower last month. Excluding volatile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 last month. That was well below the forecast of economists polled by Thomson Reuters. They expected a reading of 55. Not only did the index fall sharply, it is far from indicating strength in the economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... January from a revised 49.8 in December. The January reading was below the level of 51 that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting. Any number above 50 signals growth. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 26.30 points ...